The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City